On 29 May 2023, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) came up as the winner of the recently concluded IPL after defeating Gujarat Titans (GT) by five wickets in the final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Thus, they have now five IPL titles to their name and are the joint-most trophy holder along with Mumbai Indians (MI).
Now, images and videos have gone viral where CSK management were seen visiting the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Temple, Chennai to perform a special pooja of the trophy. The Managing Director of India Cements, N Srinivasan and his daughter, Rupa Gurunath attended the prayer. Seeing that, fans shared their views on social media.
Here is the shared image:
CSK performed a special Pooja for IPL Trophy at the Tirupathi Temple. pic.twitter.com/AkBwUm5Ozy
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 30, 2023
“The kind of cricket I play, they feel they can play that cricket.” - MS Dhoni
After winning the final, during the post-match presentation, MS Dhoni shared an update on his retirement plan while praising his teammates. He said: If you circumstantially see, it's the best time to announce the retirement. The easy thing for me to say is thank you and retire. But the hard thing to do is to work hard for nine months and try to play one more IPL season. The body has to hold up.”
“But the amount of love I have received from CSK fans, it would be a gift for them to play one more season. The way they've shown their love and emotion, it's something I need to do for them. It's the last part of my career. It started over here and the full house was chanting my name. It was my same thing in Chennai, but it will be good to come back and play whatever I can. The kind of cricket I play, they feel they can play that cricket. There's nothing orthodox about it and I like to keep it simple. I think every trophy or bilateral series you win, it has its own challenges,” he further added.
“When it comes to the crunch, you need to have your individuals ready. The amount of pressure every individual can deal with is different. We tried to do that. Ajinkya
Here is how fans have reacted to the viral image:
Ye camera leke andar kese gaya
— Prathamesh S. N.🗨️ (@Prathamesh_0501) May 30, 2023
Hamko toh nahi le jane dete 🤬🤬🤬🤬
It's TTD, Chennai !
— Sundar (@mesunds) May 30, 2023
A team of Culture... Proud to support CSK 💛
— Vicky (@that_uniqueguy) May 30, 2023
Even those priest have touched the trophy but kohli can't lol🤣🤣😂👍
— Sick18 (@iamgokul2004) May 30, 2023
Langur ke haath angur lag gaya
— Abe.Chupp (@Kapil_I_am) May 30, 2023
Humein toh site se bhi booking nahi milte 1 mahine pehle. 😭
— Dr. Komal Jha 🦋🌸 (@KJ_tweets_) May 30, 2023
♥️🙏
— DIYA IYER (@dyaiyer) May 30, 2023
Most successful IPL Teams MI 💙 & CSK 💛 pic.twitter.com/IN6UDYS3Sx
— Hitman Fan (@IamYogi45) May 30, 2023
Ipl trophy in my tirupati
— INVISIBLE (@bhargavreddy58) May 30, 2023